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Dog Fighting Is Not Entertainment!

Tell YouTube to remove all videos containing any form of dog fighting.

In June 2014, The Animal Rescue Site received a disappointing letter from YouTube in response to our request to ban dog fighting videos. Rather than agree to remove them, YouTube merely reiterated their flagging policy, and did nothing to acknowledge the harm these videos are causing. Your signatures are more important than ever -- help us tell YouTube that we wont take no for an answer!

Goal:200,000•Progress:138,259

Sponsored by:The Animal Rescue Site

Dog fighting, in and of itself is a heinous crime. What may be surprising to find out, however, is that others are encouraging dog fighting by offering instructional videos about the activity. YouTube.com, the world's largest video sharing website, features videos depicting dog fights and material related to it.

Dog fighting is an abhorrent "sport" in which owners pit two dogs against each other in the ring and have them fight until one collapses or dies. The other dog is most often injured as well.

YouTube should not allow these videos to be featured anywhere on the site as they only promote violence and carnage.

Write to YouTube's CEO asking her to prohibit these videos and stand up for dogs!

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Dog fighting is a heinous activity in which two dogs are pitted against each other and are made to fight to the death. It's a bloody sport where no one wins.

These fights depict excessive violence, cause great harm to the animals involved, and break the law in all fifty US states in addition to many countries around the world. By these measures, such videos violate your community guidelines regarding "animal abuse", "graphic or gratuitous violence", "intent to shock or disgust", and "encouraging dangerous, illegal activities".

Despite these safeguards, dog fighting videos persist on your video sharing site. With the resources dedicated to the removal of copyrighted content, these sensational and gruesome videos stand out, lending an air of culpability in propagating this unlawful and immoral practice.

Though you will not comment on the removal of individual videos, the continued presence of this particular category demands a review of your policies and procedures for the handling and reviewing of flagged content. As a good first step, your Community Guidelines might explicitly prohibit the presence of dog fighting videos under your "helpful examples and tips."

Please take down all dog fighting videos and do your part for the humane treatment of dogs everywhere.

Thank you.

Petition Signatures

Aug 2, 2015Scotia OgleTo call this practice a "sport" is absurd. Those who engage in this activity are cowards in my opinion. These dogs are innocent pawns in a sick and twisted game.

Aug 2, 2015Cindy BrownThose who use dogs to fight for money need to be '''''''''

Aug 2, 2015nancy mckinleyPut the people in the ring they are the real animals. Life in prison for anyone caught promoting dog fighting as I see it isn't enough.They are the scum of the earth.

Aug 2, 2015pamela sarantscha

Aug 2, 2015yvette Dieppa

Aug 2, 2015Liliana SalinasStop the insanity of those who use animals for their own entertainment and profit!!!

Aug 2, 2015Irene Souder-CoyleNo wonder there is so much violence in our country and in the world. Watching this savagery desensitizes people to it. Where is your integrity, YouTube?

Aug 2, 2015Shawn Piccolo

Aug 2, 2015Patty Hoganall those associated with dog fighting should be hung

Aug 2, 2015Sherrill Hunt

Aug 2, 2015Diana ViteriAnimals were not put on this earth for men's sick enertainment. The only way animal anise would stop is when we stop thinking about human rights when they violate anyone else's right to live.

Aug 1, 2015Karen DoranThis is horrible. Why would anyone want to see a helpless animal fight with another. They have no say and I think this is a terrible sport !

Aug 1, 2015courtney robins

Aug 1, 2015Susan ShiffmanThere are some reasons why I do not watch anything on YouTube, and this is another one. It's despicable that you continue to show dog-fighting which you know is illegal in all 50 states. Why are you promoting something that is illegal ?

Aug 1, 2015Deanna Davidson

Aug 1, 2015Andreea Popescu

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Aug 1, 2015Janice Necco

Aug 1, 2015Jose Cunha

Aug 1, 2015jesika tocci

Aug 1, 2015Jim Faulks

Jul 31, 2015Kathy CristTime to grow up

Jul 31, 2015Diane Bannard

Jul 31, 2015Pat Williams

Jul 31, 2015Cherish Graham

Jul 31, 2015Dawn Clayton

Jul 31, 2015Marco Escalante

Jul 31, 2015Karen Sprague

Jul 31, 2015Rita Zore

Jul 31, 2015daniel gautier

Jul 31, 2015Krista Llanes

Jul 31, 2015Julie Stevenson

Jul 31, 2015marianne steverson

Jul 31, 2015Kim Maxwell

Jul 31, 2015Marce WalshAnimals are not ours for entertainment! We must be their voices!